By Ina Woolcott
Paiute Native American Shaman Wovoka and the Ghost Dance
The Ghost Dance appeared during a time of desperation for the Native American Indian peoples. The Ghost Dance started when Paiute shaman Jack Wilson, or Wovoka, had a vision that if our people would dance and sing Indians would live again. The Ghost Dance spread throughout the land. In Dec. 1890 the military panicked and massacred innocent Lakota Indian people at Wound Knee whilst dancing. It is one of the worst (and most cowardly, inhumane) incidents in United States history. Judy Trejo - Summit Lake (Tommo Agi) and Walker River (Agi) Paiute and Anita Collins - Shoshone and Walker River Paiute speak about Wovoka. The Round Dance was a traditional Great Basin dance that spread across the land in the form of the Ghost Dance, and is now part of many celebrations. Robbie Robertson sings “Ghost Dance”.
Paiute Native American Shaman Wovoka and the Ghost Dance
Ina Woolcott ~ passionate about the Earth, about our Children and about creating a better world.
February 10th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Thanks for sharing the vid…haven’t seen anything like this before even though I have been searching. Keep the messages coming. I am very grateful. x
April 11th, 2011 at 9:34 am
It has taken me 17 months to arrive at this site in which I seem to have an attachment I read about Jack Wilson (Wovoka) in November 2009 whilst I was doing my training in Shamanism.
During 2010 the link with Wovoka became stronger and stronger and many things happened as for example people with medical conditions disappeared, volcano eruptions, earthquakes and many other things happened and this is still going on today.
I was walking with a friend yesterday 10/04/11 and resting at a beautiful place on a bench that was made for a 14 yr old girl that had died.
I was asked what the connection with my friend was, I started to drift back in time and mentioned a few things from a past life and my friend mentioned that they had been given Wovoka’s name in a meditation 14 months earlier, our answer had been given.
I have mentioned the ghost dance to many people and also talked a little about Wovoka, I know that I have him with me many times and now I will try and spread the story a little further.